Indians Prospect Insider

Sizemore is important if the Indians envision
turning things around in 2011 (Photo: AP)
Coming off a 69-93 season in 2010, next season the Indians are looking to make a pivotal step in their quest to return to contention by 2012.
While the team expects to be very quiet this offseason with only a few minor moves to supplement the team, the expectation from within the wigwam is...

Here is a quick recap of how the players in the Cleveland Indians' system did in fall/winter league action on Wednesday November 17th:
Josh Judy - RP, Aguilas Cibaenas: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K. From what I am hearing, this was likely Judy's last appearance in the Dominican Republic as the Indians planned to have him come home at this time. Supposedly his Aguilas team has contacted the...

Will he or won't he be rostered? Judy
finds out Friday. (Photo: Tony Lastoria)
Teams all throughout Major League Baseball are having meetings to finalize their plans on who to add (or remove) from the 40-man roster by the deadline this Friday night. Decisions are up in the air for several players, and with that the careers of many lie in the hands of front office executives around the...

Here is a quick recap of how the players in the Cleveland Indians' system did in fall/winter league action on Tuesday November 16th:
Jason Kipnis - DH, Peoria Javelinas: 2-for-4, R, 2B, RBI, K. Kipnis with his 5th straight multi-hit game, and 6th in his last 7 games. His recent tear has him up to .288/.333/.630, which is incredible considering where his batting average was just a week ago.Cord...

As I hinted about back in September, some changes were coming for me this offseason. Nothing will change with this site as everything will stay the same. In fact, things should only continue to (hopefully) get better with more content and information being provided.
The biggest change involves me now doing an exclusive blog called "Minor Happenings" on SportsTime Ohio's site at http://www.stohd.com/....

Here is a quick recap of how the players in the Cleveland Indians' system did in fall/winter league action on Monday November 15th: Cord Phelps - 3B, Peoria Javelinas: 3-for-4, R, HR, RBI, K. Phelps provided almost all of the offense for a Javelinas team that piled up just 1 run on 6 hits. There is lots to like in his time so far in the AFL as he has handled 3B well, is hitting for a high average,...

Berger is pitching well in the AFL.
(Photo: Tony Lastoria)We are down to the final days of the Arizona Fall League (AFL) season as regular season play wraps up this Thursday. After a one game playoff between the two division leaders is played on Saturday, everyone will have gone home for the winter.
For Indians left-handed pitcher Eric Berger, 24, it will put to an end a disappointing...

Here is a quick recap of how the players in the Cleveland Indians' system did in fall/winter league action on Sunday November 14th:
Josh Judy - RP, Aguilas Cibaenas: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K. Judy racked up his 4th save for his Aguilas team out in the Dominican Republic. In 9 appearances covering 9.0 innings he has still not yielded a walk (10 H, 6 K).Matt McBride - RF-1B, Gigantes del...

Here is a quick recap of how the players in the Cleveland Indians' system did in fall/winter league action on Saturday November 13th:
Jason Kipnis - 2B, Peoria Javelinas: 4-for-4, R, 3 2B, 3 RBI. Kipnis is ending his AFL campaign on fire. He now has four multi-hit games in a row, and multi-hit games in five of his last six games. He now has an amazing 15 of his 19 hits going for extra bases...

Here is an up-to-date listing of the Cleveland Indians eligibles for the 2010 Rule 5 Draft on December 9, 2010. For future reference, this listing is linked on the right side of the page in the "Indians Resource Center".
Note: Rob Bryson and Travis Turek are not eligible due to a grandfathered exception for draft-and-follow players from the 2006 Draft. While the new CBA was adopted after the...

Here is a quick recap of how the players in the Cleveland Indians' system did in fall/winter league action on Friday November 12th:
Jason Kipnis - 3B, Peoria Javelinas: 2-for-5, R, 2 2B, RBI, K. The batting is slowly creeping up (.231) but still a nice OPS (.840) thanks to a very good slugging% (.554). Now 12 of his 15 hits have gone for extra bases.Roberto Perez - C, Peoria Javelinas: 2-for-4,...

Here are the updated stats for all the Cleveland Indians players who are playing in fall/winter ball. Stats are updated as of 11/12/2010.
BATTERSLGEGABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOAVGOBPSLGAbraham, AdamAFL83078110376.267.405.367Apodaca, JuanVWL82014100125.200.273.250Carrera, EzequielVWL238818236007118.261.356.330Constanza, JoseDWL730713000223.433.469.433Diaz, JuanDWL4912100213.222.300.333Goedert, JaredVWL144571550041111.333.474.444Head,...

Here is a quick recap of how the players in the Cleveland Indians' system did in fall/winter league action on Thursday November 11th:
Cord Phelps - 3B, Peoria Javelinas: 2-for-4, RBI, 2 BB. Phelps with two more hits, two more walks, and on base a total of four times in five trips to the plate. He has gone out to the AFL to work on playing 3B and is showing some improvement, but boy has he...

Will the Indians roster Corey Kluber? We'll
find out soon. (Photo: Tony Lastoria)
The November 19th roster deadline is quickly approaching for all teams in Major League Baseball.
It is a time of the year when teams set their offseason rosters by adding players off the 60-day disabled list back to the active 40-man roster and add their important players from their minor league...

Here is a quick recap of how the players in the Cleveland Indians' system did in fall/winter league action on Wednesday November 10th:
Chen Lee - RP, Peoria Javelinas: 0.0 IP, 0 H, 2 R (1 ER), 2 BB, 0 K. This was Lee's first action since October 28th because of a minor muscle strain in his leg. It looks like he was rusty or the injury was still bothering him as he threw to just two batters...

On Monday the Cleveland Indians announced some uniform changes for the 2011 season.
Nothing drastic, but they introduced a new alternate home cap and a new road uniform. The new home cap will now be a red hat with a midnight navy block "C" on it and will be worn with the creme colored home uniform that has the block "Indians" across the chest. The grey road uniform will be changed to replace...

Here is a quick recap of how the players in the Cleveland Indians' system did in fall/winter league action on Tuesday November 9th:
Eric Berger - RP, Peoria Javelinas: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 2 R (1 ER), 2 BB, 4 K. Berger allows his first earned run in his 7th game, though had been walking a fine line in almost every appearance. He has only allowed 4 hits in 8.0 innings, but also has allowed 7 walks...

On Tuesday the Cleveland Indians announced their 2011 Cactus League exhibition schedule at Goodyear Ballpark in Goodyear, AZ. The Indians open their spring schedule with two games against the Cincinnati Reds on February 27-28 and close out the spring schedule at home against the Reds on March 29.
They will then go to Columbus, OH to play an exhibition game against Triple-A Columbus Clippers...

The Javelinas have been on fire lately, pounding the Phoenix Desert Dogs yesterday 18-6. They've now won four of their last five to run their record to a West-leading 14-7. I know I've said before that the AFL record means nothing, but it could at the very least mean some extra baseball for our guys down in the desert, so that's something to look forward to!
The AFL Rising Stars game was...

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